, 1887-11-17

/ nave made decided gains III almost
every northern state, the democrats
have held Maryland and reversed the
| Legislature OF Virginia. iusUTing the
election of Il democratic senator t,
succeed Ridilcbcrgcr. This was cX-
rccted by all we'll Informed observers
The George vote III New York state
was lighter than claimed OF autici
Pated, which accounts for the Prob
able defeat of Col Grant.
| Bishop Ridley. who has driven tie
Metlakahtla Indians to Alaska, now
finds himself the possess"r OF Il town
almost unImhabited. OF 200 yilIu-
gers only fcrty-three remain. count
ing mon, women and children. i
recent visitor says that the win J.
play hide and seek through the once
pretty cottages, As 4 final act OF
arbitrary power this ungodIy and
| shameless bishop has seized the can
merry aud sawmill which the Indians
| had left in charge or one OF theiI
number.
1t will be remembered that con
grcSa appropriated SllI,OO0 Inst yraI
as indemnity for property OF Cline,
rn"n destroyed IN the Rock Cr"cR
outrage. This sum was paid over tc
The Chinese government, which has
recently informed our gOvernmpn.
that some OF the original claims up
on which the award was based have
been found fraudulent. and that part
| Of the money will be returned
| Sn,r. co cnllol fNIr,-i;.,,, mt -.,,,.- -,
lcluding our own, learn d less III IL
financial integrity from this incident
Every republican III the country viii
eXult at the returns from OHIO. which
show the re election Of Goyernul
Foraker by largely increased Iua
jority. This result must be taken ~
Il direct personal rebuff To Cleveland
aud as such, eminently satisfactory
1t is well known that the administra
ton was extremely anx uus to defeat
Foraker and strained every nerve tC
accomplish that result The large
republican gains made, viii be gall
and wormwood to the president and
those who with him think that the
war for the union was meaningless.
and ought to be forgotten.
| Il. \. Dawson, of the g5ographirai
survey, who has been conducting an
exploratory survey in the northern
British Columbia for the purpose OF
obtaining data regarding the Alaskan
boundary line, has returned TO Ot!a-
Wa He will submit Il long report
to the government. Mr.. 0gilvic. ii
the geographical survey. who wiII
winter in northern British Columbia.
will take observations for th" pur-
pose of defining the Hist meridian
which will form the basis for detvr-
mining the boundary line between
Alaska and British Columbia
Senator Noorchees SAID: The re-
suit of these elections means The con
tinued ascendeHcy of the democratic
party for the next twenty fac ami
kperhaps tiliIty years, and il. means
the denomination of Cleveland
unanimously and his triumph clpc-
ton 1t also settles Blaine He
will not be candidate next wear,
for he is shrewd enough to see that
no republican can be elected. But
down in my heart" remarked ia
senator, Il feel good over old VIZ
ginia."
When Major Rogers, jim HIS
engineer, was III the Sound country Il
few weeks ago, he SAID he would rc
turn to his home i'll Faribauit, MINI.
in about Il months time As IN has
not been hoard from lately in WISH
1 hn B.,
be IN the east at the present Ia tie
meantime the Manitoba L. X. com
pany have out two independent SIR
vcy parties, that recently started
from Great Falls, NJ. T., and are now
going across the Crur d'AIpnp couu-
try north of the line of the Northern
Pacific R.R., heading for the Big
Pend country. This shows that Mr..
Hill is losing no time IN the exocu-
ton of his plans to Ieacn Puget
Sound with his rail eXtentions.
The special agents division of the
treasury has just completed It's com
putations on operations under the
immediate transportation act for the
fiscal year of 1887. The figures show
that the increase in the volume Of
transportation under this act has not
only continued, but that the incrtnst,
of 1887 over 1886 is greater than that
reported for any previous year The
largest amount OF merchandise, 5I5,-
Ssh packages, was SHIPPED from New
York city to points of final dcstina-
ton. Ports from which merchandise
was forwarded were, in the order of
the amount of shipments, ao follows:
New York, San Francisco, Baltimore,
Portland, Me, New Orleans, Port
Huron, Boston, Philadelphia, Port
land Or, Newport, Detroit and Port
Townsend. Baltimore showed the
most remarkable increase, the NUM-
Der and value of packages forwarded
dTrlng 1887 being five times as great
as during 1856.
The San Francisco CHrOHicIc, com
mcnting upon the Toronto GiOie'&
peculiar views and expressions, very
senSibly says: The G'Obe is very
anxious about the results of the fish
cry conference and fears that Il failure
to settle the differences between the
United States and Canada might ic-
suli III war. The Giobe has a right
to he apprehensive, for the question
has been hopelessly befuddIed by
botlr sides. Here we are on the Pa
ciiic coast fighting to maintain The
'hradland TO headland'' theory where
seals are concerned, while on the 9th
or side we are coniending that thc
three mile limit rule must be strictly
followed. The British on the other
hand are fighting for the Leadland to
headland theory on the Atlantic side,
while on the Pacific they insist that
English sealers may approach to with
IN three miles of the shore. 1t will
be necessary to bring a little com
mon sense into the discussion soon.
or we will be making fools of our
selves by attempting to settle by ar
bltratlon. a war with Canada or
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